(keitai-l) bar code scanners for ketai -- courtesy of McDonald's?

Why McDonald's?   Who knows.  A joint venture with
Kenichi Ohmae's startup.  (Spotted by Tanya Clark.)

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=4&id=192745

I've pushed this idea to death in this forum, but I think
they should actually be built into the phones.  It should
be interesting to see if the scanner-attachment
approach works anyway.

-michael turner
leap_at_gol.com